Cherry Rose ring

I'm going to go ahead and post this, even though I haven't gotten very good pictures.  My camera's battery was dying, so it wouldn't focus.  I felt in the mood to attempt another couple of rings.  I had a nice flat oval of cherry quartz left in my stash, and it reminded me of a rosebud, so I used some green wire to make it look more like a flower.
Biggest plus?  I actually got it to stay the size I intended it to!

Name:  Rose ring

Price: $8

Size: 8

Cherry Quartz Bracelet

     I somehow wound up with a bunch of cherry quartz over the last couple of years, even though I'm not much of a pink person.  I remember buying the flat ovals and the cubes because I liked the patterns in them, but I know the tiny 2mm rounds came later and I don't remember why.  Given I had the different shapes, I decided to make a bracelet using just cherry quartz.  This was the result.
     Cherry quartz is a different sort of pink.  The striations are usually bright, though with enough of the clear they look pastel or milky.  I'd almost qualify it between coral and salmon pink.

Name:  Cheery Cherry bracelet

Price: $10

Length:  8.75 inches

Very simple cherry quartz illusion necklace.

As I said in the last post, I have very little by the way of pink in my supplies.  This is a very simple two-strand illusion necklace using tiny cherry quartz rounds on fishing line.  I had a hard time spacing the pieces evenly, but it turned out okay.  The pictures did too, despite the cloudy weather!

Name:  Simplicity illusion necklace


Price:  $10 (reason: time and effort involved) this necklace has been returned to my bead box


Length:  22"

Soft pink sparkle illusion necklace.

Project of the day: the first of several new illusion necklace ideas I've been toying with.  I had intended to get three different styles done today, but given I was doing a variety of other things as well that didn't happen...so we'll have to settle for one.  A friend of mine has been asking me to make a pink illusion necklace for a few months, but time and inspiration have been against me until recently.  Her only stipulation at the time was "no purple," and yesterday she mentioned she was looking for something "light pink."  Given I'm not a pink person per se, I rummaged through my bead boxes to see what "light pink" I might actually have.  Answer: not a lot.  Fortunately, there was just enough to make this necklace.  Yes, the pictures stink.  I was losing light given it took me longer than I thought to make it and my camera doesn't like focusing in good light, let alone fading.  I like the way it turned out!  Normally there's something I don't like about my illusion necklaces (they're hard to make even!).
I used pink Swarovski bicones and butterflies, rose fire polished glass, pink pearls, cherry quartz, pink faceted rondelles, and white pearl seed beads, fishing line for strength and durability, and a toggle clasp.  I used three strands (usual for me).  Usually, I space my beads more, but this design needed more since many of my beads were small--between 3mm and 6mm.
Note 1/11/12: NEW PHOTOS!

Name:  Soft Sparkle

Price:  $20 (Swarovski crystals, time and detail involved; was a custom project for Dawn H.)

Length:  20.5"

Cheery Cherry Choker

This piece is actually a copy of one I made for myself.  I got so many compliments on it, I decided to make one for my Etsy shop two years ago.  I also made another for my "niece" Aubrey for her birthday that fall; Aubrey was so excited she wore it with everything according to her mom--including outfits that didn't even match it!  This Cheery Cherry Choker is longer than mine (a little over 14" as opposed to barely 13"), and utilized the materials I had sitting about in my bead box: cherry quartz, silver-lined clear and fuchsia-lined clear seed beads.

 

Name: Cheery Cherry Choker


Price: $10 (originally $12 or $15 on Etsy)   (sold customized to Britni A. fall 2011)


Length: 14"